Welcome to this week’s round-up all the new metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative, and indie releases, as well as picks from our staff. Have a look at our release calendar to keep track with all of the year’s upcoming releases!
STAFF PICKS
COLD GAWD – Gin (Single)
Label – Dais Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Dallis recommends: Shoegaze unit Cold Gawd conjure up a melodic dreamer with their new single ‘Gin’. Perfectly balanced in its distortion, its soundscape leaves it to be an ethereal wonderland waiting to be discovered.
nightlife – fallback (EP)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Max recommends: Baltimore’s brightest shining prospects, Nightlife, impress with a collection of danceable, soul-twinged djenty bangers that will certainly convince you of their supremacy in the modern alternative landscape.
Alive in Barcelona – Parasite (Single)
Label – Smartpunk Records
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Joe recommends: Gearing up for their upcoming EP this winter, Alive In Barcelona release brand new single “Parasite“. Equal parts heavy and melodic, the track showcases the band’s range both instrumentally and vocally with chunky guitars riffs and beautiful vocal melodies.
Aggressive Raisin Cat – Cough Bin
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)
Jonathan recommends: Hailing from Singapore, progressive metalcore newcomers Aggressive Raisin Cat display an impressive level of technical ability on new single ‘Cough Bin‘, blending soaring choruses and intricate heavy moments in a playful yet tasteful manner — just like their song titles.
METAL/CORE RELEASES
thoughtcrimes – Altered Pasts [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Pure Noise Records
Machine Head – ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Nuclear Blast
Cold Night for Alligators – The Hindsight Notes (Extended)
Label – Arising Empire
Brymir – Voices In The Sky
Label – Napalm Records
Might – Abyss
Label – Exile On Mainstream Records
Desolate – Ruiners (EP) (Re-release)
Label – Independent
Semi-Rotted – Deader Then Dead (EP)
Label – Independent
The Hirsch Effekt – SOLITAER (EP)
Label – Long Branch
Foreign Hands – Chlorine Tears (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
Parkway Drive – Darker Still (Single)
Label – Epitaph Records
Varials – .50 (Single)
Label – Fearless Records
The Callous Daoboys – The Elephant Man In The Room (Single)
Label – MNRK Records
Our Hollow, Our Home – Battle X City (feat. Samantha Bower)
Label – Arising Empire
Orbit Culture – Vultures of North (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike
Dead/Awake – Thanatos (Single)
Label – Independent
Within Destruction – Dying World (feat. LiL Lotus) (Single)
Label – Ultra Heavy Records
Colin Young – Harder Hart (Julia Hart AEW Theme) (feat. Emma Boster, Two Minutes To Late Night)
Label – Independent
Confessions of a Traitor – A Place Where Your Hope Dies (Single)
Label – Facedown Records
Enterprise Earth – Psalm of Agony (Instrumental Version)
Label – MNRK
Advents – White Flag (Single)
Label – Independent
dead7 – tape mouth (Single)
Label – Independent
Demon Hunter – MASTER (Single)
Label – Weapons MFG
Levels – Sisu (Single)
Label – Independent
ROMHACK – Planet Eater Bug (Single)
Label – Nostaldjia Records
Tired Violence – On the Horns of a Dilemma (Single)
Label – Ghost Killer Entertainment
Anchors & Hearts – The Everlasting (Single)
Label – Redfield Records
THOTCRIME – CRITICAL CODEPENDENCE (feat. diana starshine)
Label – Prosthetic Records
Hei’An – can’t get out of my skin (Single)
Label – Independent
Beyond The Black – Is There Anybody Out There? (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast
fallfifityfeet – Lonely If You Go (Single)
Label – Independent
POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES
Pianos Become the Teeth – Drift [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Fearless Records
The Dangerous Summer – Coming Home [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Rude Records
Muse – Will Of The People [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Warner Music
Tiny Moving Parts – Tiny Moving Parts
Label – Independent
Westhand – Cyanide Culture
Label – Independent
Drag Me Out – Demons Away
Label – Lödereih Music
Have Mercy – Have Mercy
Label – Zodhiac Records
Teen Suicide – honeybee table at the butterfly feast
Label – Run For Cover Records
paranoid void – travels in my universe
Label – FRIENDSHIP.
MOTHICA – Nocturnal (lofi beats to fall asleep to) (EP)
Label – Rise Records
Matt Sassano – In Defiance (EP)
Label – Rise Records
Dayseeker – Without Me (Single)
Label – Spinefarm Records
Story of the Year – Real Life (Single)
Label – Sharptone Records
L.S. Dunes – Permanent Rebellion (Single)
Label – Independent
Phoxjaw – thesaddestsongever (Single)
Label – Hassle Records
Wind Walkers – Drowning Hymns (Single)
Label – Independent
Above, Below – Scorpion (Single)
Label – Independent
Scene Queen – Barbie & Ken (feat. Cody Carson of Set It Off) (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records
nothing,nowhere. – M1SERY_SYNDROME (feat. Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail)
Label – Fueled By Ramen
SUMR (feat. Siamese) – M.O.T.Y (Single)
Label – Independent
Letters Sent Home – Born To Die (Single)
Label – Hassle Records
KEN mode – Unresponsive (Single)
Label – Artoffact Records
Citizen Soldier – This Is Note A Phase (Single)
Label – Independent
Father Deer Hands – Sunlight Dance (Single)
Label – Independent
Gallus – Are You Finished (Single)
Label – Marshall Records
The Early November – Denent (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records
Rogue Half – Death Throes (Single)
Label – Independent
Ultravlt – I Never Liked You in the First Place (Single)
Label – Independent
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES
Julia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure
Label – Transgressive Records
Stella Donnelly – Flood
Label – Secretly Canadian
blackbear – In Loving Memory
Label – Sony Music
Ezra Furman – All of Us Flames
Label – Bella Union
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Let’s Turn It Into Sound
Label – Ghostly International
Embrace – How To Be A Person Like Other People
Label – Mo’betta
Rachika Nayar – Heaven Come Crashing
Label – NNA Tapes
The Happy Fits – Under the Shade of Green
Label – AWAL Recordings America
Laufey – Everything I Know About Love
Label – AWAL Recordings
The Lounge Society – Tired of Liberty
Label – Speedy Wunderground
Animistic Belief – Merdeka
Label – PIAS
Gyilym Gold – Blue Garden
Label – SA Recordings
Bret Mckenzie – Songs Without Jokes
Label – Sub Pop Records
Gently Tender – Take Hold Of Your Promise!
Label – So Young Records
Ingrid Andress – Good Person
Label – Warner Music
Landlords – Codeine (EP) [FULL REVIEW]
Label – Church Road Records
Tropical Fuck Storm – Moonburn (EP)
Label – Transgressive Records
Dylan Fraser – 2030 Revolution (EP)
Label – Warner Music
Dendrons – 5-3-8 (EP)
Label – Innovative Leisure
Botch – One Twenty Two (Single)
Label – Sargent House
kizumada – akame ga kill! (Single)
Label – Independent
Jessica Moss – Uncanny Being (Single)
Label – Consellations
Magdalena Bay – All You Do (Single)
Label – Luminelle Recordings
Melody’s Echo Chamber – Unfold (Single)
Label – Domino Recording
Tegan and Sara – Faded Like A Feeling (Single)
Label – Mom+Pop
The National – Weird Goodbyes (feat. Bon Iver) (Single)
Label – 4AD
Julien Baker & Wild Pink – Hold My Hand (Single)
Label – Royal Mountain Records
EKKSTACY – i want to die in your arms (Single)
Label – UnitedMasters
Gold Star – Up All Night (Single)
Label – Like LTD
Johanna Warren – Piscean Lover (Single)
Label – Wax Nine Records
Phoebe Go – Hey (Single)
Label – Independent
Elizabeth M. Drummond – I Tried (Single)
Label – Young Poet
Stacey Ryan – Deep End (Single)
Label – UMG Recordings
Bleach Lab – Obviously (Single)
Label – Nettwek Music Group
Rina Sawayama – Phantom (Single)
Label – Dirty Hit
Northern Captives – Every High (Single)
Label – Independent
Katie Malco – Fractures (Alternate Version) (Single)
Label – 6131 Records
Maryon – Boys Will Be Boys (Single)
Label – Independent
sunsetto – late to the party (single)
Label – Sunset to Sound
Caroline Romano – Chopstix
Label – Independent
K-POP RELEASES
TWICE – BETWEEN 1&2
Label – Warner Music